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Finding Your Way — Part 1

The Many Faces of Heroic Journeys

Yeah, though I walk through the Valley of Death … Made a decision to turn my will and life over to a higher power … The way out is through…

To me, there’s a consistent message here.

The first dispatch comes from the 23rd Psalm: “Yea, though I walk through the Valley of Death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with… Read More »


Finding Your Way — Part 2

The Many Faces of Heroic Journeys….

The very first time I experienced this Holotropic-like breathwork, the music began, I started doing connected circular breathing, and I rapidly became very agitated. I was miserable… frustrated, angry and simultaneously hopeless, and shortly I was thrashing and rocking side to side. One of the sitters who considered himself adept at doing body work on people breathing came over and started pressing on my… Read More »


Into the Darkness

It’s autumn… the equinox is long past. The sun keeps moving further South and the days, inexorably grow shorter. Darkness is coming.

A few weeks ago, I took myself on a walk in the late afternoon, and by the time I turned around to head home it was quite dark. I live on a dirt road high on a hillside in a small, southern Vermont town. Stone walls and trees… Read More »


Vision, Mission, and Tasks

When people ask the meaning of the name, Circles of Air and Stone, we answer with a poem.

Circles of Air, Circles of Stone…
The Earth circles, and night follows day.
We bury our seeds; we bury our bones;
While sacred birds circle and prey.

Circles of Air are traced by hawks spiraling high in the sky. Sky symbolizes heaven, the infinite; and sky teachings point… Read More »


Reflections On Prayer

When I was in fourth grade, one of my classmates was the local minister’s daughter. She wasn’t very likeable – snobbish and condescending – but I did think a preacher was something I’d like to be. Whether that was from a desire to talk about God, or that the thought of someone actually listening to me was so appealing, I’m not sure. But now, after almost four decades leading vision… Read More »


Circles of Air & Stone • Putney, Vermont